California Court of Appeal

In a negligence action, trial court ruling against defendant is affirmed where the court properly ruled that defendant owed plaintiff a nondelegable duty to maintain its elevator in a safe condition, and thus, Proposition 51 did not apply to limit defendant's liability for noneconomic damages.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/17/2009
• Published 04/17/2009

Judges

• SIMONS, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Horvitz & Levy LLP, Peter Abrahams and Peder K. Batalden, Encino;  Law Offices of Dennis P. Isaac, San Francisco, and G. Russell Clark for Defendant and Appellant., Blackman Legal Group, Clifford A. Blackman and Jacob Shapiro, Redwood City, for Plaintiff and Respondent.